Gratitude is a powerful thing. Meister Eckhart is credited as writing, around the turn of the 13th century, "If the only prayer you said in life was 'Thank you,' that would suffice."
Our society takes one day a year to celebrate and be thankful, but gratitude is a state of mind that doesn't lend itself to being turned on and off, and certainly not turned on for one day out of 365.
Still, it's nice to have this day of special focus once a year - often spending it in the company of some of the people we are most thankful for.
On this day, I was particularly thankful to Pam for preparing a wonderful meal, for Roy and Nicole and their three children for driving 4 hours to visit us, for Evan and Jenn, and Tanya and Sylvain taking time to video chat as a family, and for the technology that makes an intercontinental video "hangout" possible.
It was a cold, but sunny day, and Rachel and Lydia helped me rake up some leaves that had recluttered the yard during some storms in the past week. Then we walked down to the park where I provided some power to propel their swinging, before returning home in time for dinner.
I am thankful to have such energetic grandchildren who are so inspired by going to the music room and enthusiastically playing the instruments - especially drums. And I am thankful that they are now in bed for the night.
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